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dlk9s 11-28-2007 09:23 AM

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Also, I don't think either team can shut down the other's offense, but I think the running game (or threat of at least) of Dallas + Dallas' ability to get pressure on the quarterback will be too much for the pack.


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I think this is a pretty accurate assessment, especially with Tauscher nicked up. Overall, the OL has done a very good job protecting Favre, but they have struggled a bit against teams with a good pass rush (KC and Philly come to mind).

The comment above about the GB safeties was also a good one.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like it's just going to be a race to 30+ points.

Then again, watch it be a relative defensive struggle like the NE/Indy game.

I'll be disappointed if the Packers lose because I'm not used to seeing it this year (wow - in August I didn't think I'd be saying that) and, of course, it would hurt their chances for the #1 seed, but as long as they play a solid game, I'll be ok with the loss. Just lock up that #2 seed in the next couple weeks and get healthy for the playoffs.

rafiki 11-28-2007 11:55 AM

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Since when do Cowboys and Packers fans use almost everywhere except America date formatting?

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FYP

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Jay Riall,

Thanks for your insight. Its always cool for me to see the insight of someone with a differing viewpoint. I greatly respect your ability to explain your thoughts and views in a cool and collected manner. Let me ask you: I'm assuming that the reason USA uses month/day/year is because thats how we talk when we say it out loud. For example I would say "Today is December 12th, 2009." In other countries, do they actually say the day before the month? If so, that'd explain a lot. Again, thanks for your honesty, compassion, caring, and insight. Take care, friend.

Love,
Assani

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To answer your question, yes. All the languages based on Latin do.

le sept Novembre, 1993 (French)
cinco de Mayo, 2007 (Spanish)

for example...

SL__72 11-28-2007 12:09 PM

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Talking reasonable to a Vikings-fan about anything Brett Favre-related is futile.

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Not as bad as talking to a Packer fan about him.

Plus I think a lot of Vikings fans have a healthy respect for Favre. My only problem with him is all the cheap penalties that are called on his behalf. He is the only player I've ever seen draw a "roughing the QB" penalty literally without being touched.

Bedreviter 11-28-2007 12:16 PM

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Plus I think a lot of Vikings fans have a healthy respect for Favre. My only problem with him is all the cheap penalties that are called on his behalf. He is the only player I've ever seen draw a "roughing the QB" penalty literally without being touched.

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Talking about the incident against the Vikings where someones arm or elbow hit him in the helmet after he had gone to the ground?

And I dont know how many times Ive heard Vikings fans mention his number of interceptions [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] But its true that most Vikings fans admit to respecting the guy, even though it seems like they have to fight with themselves to admit it [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

SL__72 11-28-2007 12:44 PM

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No, I was talking about a play from like 4 years ago [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Levarkin 11-28-2007 01:13 PM

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Since when do Cowboys and Packers fans use almost everywhere except America date formatting?

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Jay Riall,

Thanks for your insight. Its always cool for me to see the insight of someone with a differing viewpoint. I greatly respect your ability to explain your thoughts and views in a cool and collected manner. Let me ask you: I'm assuming that the reason USA uses month/day/year is because thats how we talk when we say it out loud. For example I would say "Today is December 12th, 2009." In other countries, do they actually say the day before the month? If so, that'd explain a lot. Again, thanks for your honesty, compassion, caring, and insight. Take care, friend.

Love,
Assani


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To answer your question, yes. All the languages based on Latin do.

le sept Novembre, 1993 (French)
cinco de Mayo, 2007 (Spanish)

for example...

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Not to mention I do this in English maybe half the time anyway.

"When's Christmas going to be this year?"
"25th of December, just like every year, fool."

"When's Caeser getting whacked?"
"Ides of March, obv"

Still can't tell if Assani got owned very hard on his sarcasm or if he really is the most courteous guy ever.

tdarko 11-28-2007 01:25 PM

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Tyler,

Do I really have to explain? Your homerism effects your thoughts, thus effects your posting. You constantly say crazy things solely b/c you are a Redskin fan or b/c you hate the Cowboys etc. and not b/c of reason. Example from your first post in this thread:

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Unreal how good the Cowboys run.

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This is just a whiny comment typical of a homer. Anyone that can reason for a second can realize that they aren't necessarily running good but playing good--now for them to actually do something substantial this year they will need things to go their way, this is the case w/ just about every team in the NFL and every team any year.

And if you had any actual clue you would realize that they haven't really ran well this year--they haven't played with their full healthy defense yet this year. Let's go through this shall we? They have lost their #2 wideout for the year (Terry Glenn) so far and have still put up more points than anyone in the league other than NE. Lost Jason Ferguson for the season in the very first game, he was an integral part of the line. Greg Ellis was hurt for half the year, just like last year--he is a difference maker for the defense, just like last year once he was hurt their defense fell apart, this year, once he came back their defense suddenly became much better. They were without their shutdown corner Terrence Newman until week 5 but of course Anthony Henry is hurt when Newman is back. Then in week 11 Leonard Davis, the big money big man on the O-line who has protected Romo better than anyone this year has someone fall into his ankle in practice (running good? lolz) and he sprains his ankle. Anthony Henry is still battling his high ankle sprain too. Week 12, now Patrick Crayton is hurt--so no Glen or Crayton, now Dallas has their normal #4 receiver Sam Hurd as the #2 (once again lolz @ running good). There have been 2 weeks this season were injuries have been "minimal," other than that they have battled through change all season.

That was long-winded but it was to prove a point.

rafiki 11-28-2007 02:37 PM

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Tyler,

Do I really have to explain? Your homerism effects your thoughts, thus effects your posting. You constantly say crazy things solely b/c you are a Redskin fan or b/c you hate the Cowboys etc. and not b/c of reason. Example from your first post in this thread:

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Unreal how good the Cowboys run.

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This is just a whiny comment typical of a homer. Anyone that can reason for a second can realize that they aren't necessarily running good but playing good--now for them to actually do something substantial this year they will need things to go their way, this is the case w/ just about every team in the NFL and every team any year.

And if you had any actual clue you would realize that they haven't really ran well this year--they haven't played with their full healthy defense yet this year. Let's go through this shall we? They have lost their #2 wideout for the year (Terry Glenn) so far and have still put up more points than anyone in the league other than NE. Lost Jason Ferguson for the season in the very first game, he was an integral part of the line. Greg Ellis was hurt for half the year, just like last year--he is a difference maker for the defense, just like last year once he was hurt their defense fell apart, this year, once he came back their defense suddenly became much better. They were without their shutdown corner Terrence Newman until week 5 but of course Anthony Henry is hurt when Newman is back. Then in week 11 Leonard Davis, the big money big man on the O-line who has protected Romo better than anyone this year has someone fall into his ankle in practice (running good? lolz) and he sprains his ankle. Anthony Henry is still battling his high ankle sprain too. Week 12, now Patrick Crayton is hurt--so no Glen or Crayton, now Dallas has their normal #4 receiver Sam Hurd as the #2 (once again lolz @ running good). There have been 2 weeks this season were injuries have been "minimal," other than that they have battled through change all season.

That was long-winded but it was to prove a point.

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Not to mention how "good" we ran in last years playoffs. We came up with new and amazing ways to give up a road playoff game, while giving up the division just before that.

Tyler Durden 11-28-2007 02:51 PM

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Tyler,

Do I really have to explain? Your homerism effects your thoughts, thus effects your posting. You constantly say crazy things solely b/c you are a Redskin fan or b/c you hate the Cowboys etc. and not b/c of reason. Example from your first post in this thread:

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Unreal how good the Cowboys run.

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This is just a whiny comment typical of a homer. Anyone that can reason for a second can realize that they aren't necessarily running good but playing good--now for them to actually do something substantial this year they will need things to go their way, this is the case w/ just about every team in the NFL and every team any year.

And if you had any actual clue you would realize that they haven't really ran well this year--they haven't played with their full healthy defense yet this year. Let's go through this shall we? They have lost their #2 wideout for the year (Terry Glenn) so far and have still put up more points than anyone in the league other than NE. Lost Jason Ferguson for the season in the very first game, he was an integral part of the line. Greg Ellis was hurt for half the year, just like last year--he is a difference maker for the defense, just like last year once he was hurt their defense fell apart, this year, once he came back their defense suddenly became much better. They were without their shutdown corner Terrence Newman until week 5 but of course Anthony Henry is hurt when Newman is back. Then in week 11 Leonard Davis, the big money big man on the O-line who has protected Romo better than anyone this year has someone fall into his ankle in practice (running good? lolz) and he sprains his ankle. Anthony Henry is still battling his high ankle sprain too. Week 12, now Patrick Crayton is hurt--so no Glen or Crayton, now Dallas has their normal #4 receiver Sam Hurd as the #2 (once again lolz @ running good). There have been 2 weeks this season were injuries have been "minimal," other than that they have battled through change all season.

That was long-winded but it was to prove a point.

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I didn't read your lost post b/c I don't think I need to. I'll read it later, I just want to write this: You shouldn't take my posts so seriously. I partly wrote that to stir up some more discussion about the game and to get some more Dallas fans to post. Yes Dallas has been bad for the last ten years and yes they are due for some major success and yes Tony Romo is a top 5 QB. If you knew me personally you'd know that I have given the Cowboys tons of credit this season even tho I hate them w/ a passion. I've also told a bunch of friends that the Cowboys should be an elite team for years to come, tho hopefully most of that will coincide w/ the strong teams that the Patriots and Colts will produce (b/c I'd hate to see Dallas win a Super Bowl anytime soon).

I was just joking w/ that post b/c they're playing the other top team in the NFC when that team is unlikely to be w/o 5 starters.

Let's not discuss how the ball bounces right into Romo's hands every time on a botched snap [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Jay Riall 11-28-2007 05:59 PM

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Since when do Cowboys and Packers fans use almost everywhere except America date formatting?

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FYP

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Jay Riall,

Thanks for your insight. Its always cool for me to see the insight of someone with a differing viewpoint. I greatly respect your ability to explain your thoughts and views in a cool and collected manner. Let me ask you: I'm assuming that the reason USA uses month/day/year is because thats how we talk when we say it out loud. For example I would say "Today is December 12th, 2009." In other countries, do they actually say the day before the month? If so, that'd explain a lot. Again, thanks for your honesty, compassion, caring, and insight. Take care, friend.

Love,
Assani

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rofl way to take a dumb nothing comment by me way too seriously. fwiw I would say the game is on the 29th of November 2007.

Tyler Durden 11-28-2007 06:06 PM

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I was just joking w/ that post b/c they're playing the other top team in the NFC when that team is unlikely to be w/o 5 starters.

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lol...er, I meant to write "when that team is likely to be w/o five starters."

tdarko 11-28-2007 11:42 PM

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Tyler,

It's all good.


As for the game, I just don't have a good feeling...GB is a completely different animal now that they are avg'ing nearly a 100 yards a game rushing (are they avg'ing 100? the last 4 or so games). If this was week 4 I wouldn't have a problem picking Dallas and feeling good about it--and Dallas isn't playing bad right now or anything, I just think GB is playing THAT GOOD.

Golden_Rhino 11-28-2007 11:50 PM

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I am a Packers fan. I just hope we don't get smoked. This is the Packers first top level opponent, so win or lose if they can keep it close I will have reason to have some hope for a decent playoff run. If they get smoked, then my feeling that they have been playing over their heads all year will be confirmed.

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Just remembered that this is a smack talk thread so:

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dlk9s 11-28-2007 11:57 PM

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Tyler,

It's all good.


As for the game, I just don't have a good feeling...GB is a completely different animal now that they are avg'ing nearly a 100 yards a game rushing (are they avg'ing 100? the last 4 or so games). If this was week 4 I wouldn't have a problem picking Dallas and feeling good about it--and Dallas isn't playing bad right now or anything, I just think GB is playing THAT GOOD.

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GB's huge problem will be all the injuries that just hit them. While the offense is in pretty good shape except for Tauscher and Franks (the loss of Franks isn't a big deal, as Lee has been great), the defense is in horrible, horrible shape and should have trouble keeping up with Dallas' offense.

We'll see, though.

SuperUberBob 11-29-2007 08:41 AM

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I feel ungrateful.

I can watch the game (got the NFL Network on campus), but because of work I'm gonna miss the first half of the game.

kyro 11-29-2007 11:51 AM

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GR,

That is awesome. I have never seen that before.

rafiki 11-29-2007 02:12 PM

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I feel ungrateful.

I can watch the game (got the NFL Network on campus), but because of work I'm gonna miss the first half of the game.

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generally the Cowboys best game is always in the second half, so that should be the best part

rafiki 11-29-2007 02:18 PM

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I wrote a fight song for Brett Favre:

*in best Texan impression*

Ohhhh Greg Ellis is coming to [censored] you up
Ohhhh Demarcus Ware is coming to [censored] you up
They're gonna rip your [censored][censored][censored] [censored] out of your [censored] [censored] [censored] torso
And they're gonna pound you [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] into the godamn [censored] turf
Oh our big boys are coming to [censored] you up

But I wish him the best. No permanent injuries. Just clean football [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

nyc999 11-29-2007 02:34 PM

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I wrote a fight song for Brett Favre:

*in best Texan impression*

Ohhhh Greg Ellis is coming to [censored] you up
Ohhhh Demarcus Ware is coming to [censored] you up
They're gonna rip your [censored][censored][censored] [censored] out of your [censored] [censored] [censored] torso
And they're gonna pound you [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] into the godamn [censored] turf
Oh our big boys are coming to [censored] you up

But I wish him the best. No permanent injuries. Just clean football [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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This sounds remarkably similar to a song I wrote for Tom Brady, although I only hope for a season-ending injury.

PITTM 11-29-2007 02:47 PM

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uhhh wow. so i just called comcast to get the nfl network package thing everyone is complaining about having to buy. I now have a much better complaint. For some reason, Santa Cruz, CA, a city of 50,000 people, does not get the NFL network through cable(comcast), so I cannot watch the game at my house on TV unless I switch to a dish provider, wow. That is incredible, I get 200+ channels and there is a nationally televised nfl game and I will not be getting it. wow.

capone0 11-29-2007 02:51 PM

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uhhh wow. so i just called comcast to get the nfl network package thing everyone is complaining about having to buy. I now have a much better complaint. For some reason, Santa Cruz, CA, a city of 50,000 people, does not get the NFL network through cable(comcast), so I cannot watch the game at my house on TV unless I switch to a dish provider, wow. That is incredible, I get 200+ channels and there is a nationally televised nfl game and I will not be getting it. wow.

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It isn't really nationally televised if it's on NFL network. I think there has already been a thread on this for the Pats-Giants game later in the season.

PITTM 11-29-2007 02:55 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

capone0 11-29-2007 03:18 PM

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I have Comcast in Memphis and get NFL Network. Kidna weird.

prohornblower 11-29-2007 03:32 PM

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I'll say Dallas 35, Green Bay 31.

It may not be that close, but I don't think the line should be 7 for Dallas.

prohornblower 11-29-2007 03:32 PM

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I have Comcast in Memphis and get NFL Network. Kidna weird.

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Yeah they feel sorry for you because you live in Memphis. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

rafiki 11-29-2007 03:34 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

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Ya this is a huge point of contention in the media right now. Jerry Jones is *super* pissed about it.

teddyFBI 11-29-2007 03:36 PM

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On ESPN radio this morning, the hosts were saying something about being able to watch this game online. Anyone know anything about this? I wasn't clear whether it was a pay-per service, or something quasi-legal, but they said they weren't going to mention the name of the website...but they talked about it like it was fairly well-known. Anyone help me out?

prohornblower 11-29-2007 03:39 PM

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lemonparty?

nyc999 11-29-2007 04:06 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

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Ya this is a huge point of contention in the media right now. Jerry Jones is *super* pissed about it.

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There's a website - http://www.iwantnflnetwork.com to sign a petition, but the NFL Network is asking cable companies for a lot of money to carry the channel.

phatjeffrey 11-29-2007 04:26 PM

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i live in a weird timezone and im too lazy try and figure out the time difference, so can anyone tell me how many hours till kickoff? i have NFL on my tv schedule but it doesnt mention which game.(could be a repeat of some game for all i know) thx..

rafiki 11-29-2007 04:36 PM

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i live in a weird timezone and im too lazy try and figure out the time difference, so can anyone tell me how many hours till kickoff? i have NFL on my tv schedule but it doesnt mention which game.(could be a repeat of some game for all i know) thx..

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I believe it's about 4.5 hours away

dlk9s 11-29-2007 04:38 PM

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It's at 8:15pm eastern, which is a little more than 4.5 hours from now.

I ordered NFL network yesterday and plan on canceling tomorrow.

Semtex 11-29-2007 04:53 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

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i'm not positive about this but i'm pretty sure 3/4 cable companies don't carry nfl network or sunday ticket b/c they didn't want to pay the nfl the price they were demanding to carry it. i know time warner (formerly comcast) down here in socal definitely doesn't.

but i also think it was something shady like the nfl demanded all this money from these cable companies to carry nfl network, and they were like eff you this is a worthless channel. like 1 or 2 companies actually signed the deal, then the nfl came out and announced they were going to be showing a bunch of games exclusively on that channel.

prohornblower 11-29-2007 04:54 PM

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I ordered NFL network yesterday and plan on canceling tomorrow.

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lol

capone0 11-29-2007 05:04 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

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i'm not positive about this but i'm pretty sure 3/4 cable companies don't carry nfl network or sunday ticket b/c they didn't want to pay the nfl the price they were demanding to carry it. i know time warner (formerly comcast) down here in socal definitely doesn't.

but i also think it was something shady like the nfl demanded all this money from these cable companies to carry nfl network, and they were like eff you this is a worthless channel. like 1 or 2 companies actually signed the deal, then the nfl came out and announced they were going to be showing a bunch of games exclusively on that channel.

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Sunday ticket is an exclusive with DirectTV.

NFL Network wants to be on the basic package for all cable / satelite companies. They also want a ton of money (I think more than ESPN to do so) for all basic customers. The cable companies don't want to have to up their basic package price to overcome the large amount of money they want.

Semtex 11-29-2007 05:08 PM

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I was under the impression from that thread that people were just pissed they had to pay 5 bucks a month extra to get the channel. I am pissed it isnt even an option. If that was nationally televised it would be the highest rated show on television tonight, it is fairly criminal for comcast not to show this to us because they want to push the vs. network imo.

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i'm not positive about this but i'm pretty sure 3/4 cable companies don't carry nfl network or sunday ticket b/c they didn't want to pay the nfl the price they were demanding to carry it. i know time warner (formerly comcast) down here in socal definitely doesn't.

but i also think it was something shady like the nfl demanded all this money from these cable companies to carry nfl network, and they were like eff you this is a worthless channel. like 1 or 2 companies actually signed the deal, then the nfl came out and announced they were going to be showing a bunch of games exclusively on that channel.

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Sunday ticket is an exclusive with DirectTV.

NFL Network wants to be on the basic package for all cable / satelite companies. They also want a ton of money (I think more than ESPN to do so) for all basic customers. The cable companies don't want to have to up their basic package price to overcome the large amount of money they want.

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yeah this is basically it. what i was saying happened before the season started, but even after not signing the deal the cable companies still could have negotiated and gotten nfl network before the thursday and saturday games started. whats keeping things at the table is what capone just outlined. i found an article that pretty much sums it up.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/22/comm...sbiz/index.htm

ChoicestHops 11-29-2007 05:59 PM

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On ESPN radio this morning, the hosts were saying something about being able to watch this game online. Anyone know anything about this? I wasn't clear whether it was a pay-per service, or something quasi-legal, but they said they weren't going to mention the name of the website...but they talked about it like it was fairly well-known. Anyone help me out?

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I got an e-mail from my fantasy league manager today saying you can go to http://www.nfl.com/live to watch the game for free but I can't guarantee it.

A S U 11-29-2007 06:32 PM

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I live in Santa Ana, CA. Pop of 350K+ and my cable provider (Time Warner) does not carry NFL Network. As a Packer fan, this is putting me on like uber monkey tilt

Jay Riall 11-29-2007 06:40 PM

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On ESPN radio this morning, the hosts were saying something about being able to watch this game online. Anyone know anything about this? I wasn't clear whether it was a pay-per service, or something quasi-legal, but they said they weren't going to mention the name of the website...but they talked about it like it was fairly well-known. Anyone help me out?

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I got an e-mail from my fantasy league manager today saying you can go to http://www.nfl.com/live to watch the game for free but I can't guarantee it.

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That's just a highlight show. A pretty damn good highlight show, but not the live game.

rafiki 11-29-2007 06:44 PM

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I live in Santa Ana, CA. Pop of 350K+ and my cable provider (Time Warner) does not carry NFL Network. As a Packer fan, this is putting me on like uber monkey tilt

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lol I just got your avatar. nh sir, top 3 on this site for sure.


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